Rigidity conjecture for circle maps of an oval
Let be an oval. For directions and , let be the involutions induced by the family of parallel lines in those directions, and set . Rigidity conjecture. Suppose that is conjugated to a rotation for all pairs of directions . Then is an ellipse. This conjecture concerns the characterization of ellipses among ovals by the rotation-conjugacy of their associated circle maps; it is open as far as the source indicates.
References
Primary source
Serge Tabachnikov, “Remarks on rigidity properties of conics”, arXiv:2110.08909 (2021).
Additional references
2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0705.0188.
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